2007-6209 | zsh difflog.pl access control (BID-26674 / XFDB-38812)
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A vulnerability was found in zsh 4.3.4. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block of the file Util/difflog.pl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
The weakness was disclosed 12/02/2007 with Gentoo (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-6209 since 12/03/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn’t require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 26674), X-Force (38812) and Secunia (SA27899).
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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Remote: No
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07/29/2021 🔍Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Organization: Gentoo
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2007-6209 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 26674 – Zsh Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 27899 – Zsh difflog.pl Insecure Temporary Files, Less Critical
X-Force: 38812
OSVDB: 42481 – zsh Util/difflog.pl Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite
Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 07/29/2021 19:53
Changes: (3) source_xforce exploit_price_0day vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_basescore
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